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Tn Field, Farm and Garden.
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THE MELILOTUS
Asa Fora ge Plant for the South.
gome months ago we gave a description
of the Melilotus, and advised its planting
by our Georgia farmers.
In a recent issue of the Southern Stoek
tn in and Farmer Gen. S. D. Lee, presi
dent of the Mississppi Agricultural College,
contributes the following comments ou this
■valuable plant. He says: “In reply to
your recent note, as to my experience with
Melilotus as a forage and restorative crop.
I take pleasure in inclosing a letter of
Emmel Dantzler of Noxubee county, who
has charge of my planting interests in that
county. He is a gentleman of large experi
ence, and in the six > ears he has been asso
ciated with me, has not made a single fail
ure in crops.
"He protested vigorously against plant
ing Meiilotus, but now, after five years’ ex
perience, he is a thorough convert, and is
gradually substituting it for red olover,
botn as hav and as a restorer of fertility to
■worn lands. The backbone of my planta
tion, which was about worn out, with this
crop (Melilotus) is now about the most pro
ductive land on the place and is making
1,100 pounds seed cotton to the acre, whereas
it only made GOO pounds three years ago,
and thirty bushels of corn, whereas it only
made ton bushels three years ago. 1 con
sider Melilotus 25 per cent, better in restor
ing fertility than red clover. They have
been tried side by side for five years. My
mules and cattle prefer Melilotus as a hay to
clover, and it does not slobber my mules. It
furnishes two and sometimes three cuttings
the first year’s planting and one good cut
ting the second year, when it goes to seed.
The roots are larger than the roots of red
clover, and consequently when they rot the
second year, drains the land better. Meli
lotus stands drought better than red clover
and it grows on poor land, whereas it re
quires pretty good laud to insure a catch of
red clover. Mr. Dantzler has had from
fifty to 100 acres each of Melilotus and red
clover for five years. He is now dropping
red clover and increasing acres in Melilotus,
as ail the conditions for hay, restoring fer
tility, drainage and mure certain crops are
on the side of Melilotus.
"These fa-ts are true to our prnirie lands
e nd are vouched for only for these 1! me lands.
I regard Melilotus as the 'godsend' for re
storing fertility to our worn prairie lands,
and in laying the road for changing from
cotton to stock in our system of farming. I
cannot too earnestly urge our prairie land
owners to try it. My plan has been for five
years to keep one-third of my place in red
clover, Melilotus and Lespedeza. and change
crops so as to gradually get all my place in
grass every four or five years.”
The MelUotua.
The following embraces the remarks of
Mr. Dantzler, referred to by Gen. Lee:
“Dear Sir— Yours relative to ilelllotus
to bend. In reply would state that I have
had five years’ experience with it. It
Bhould be planted in February, but will do
as late at Apnl 10. There should be three
fourths bushel of seed sown per acre to se
cure a thick stand, but ene-balf bushel does
very well. The land should be broken up
broadcast and harrowed well before sowing.
The plant seeds the second year, then the
roots die—but not anti! it goes to seed. It
has but one superior as a hay orop, which is
our Lespedeia, and it should be out for bay
when it is about fifteen inches high, after
that time it is too woody for good hay. I
have mowed it three times in one year, but
generally twioe.
*'l find it to be a better fertilizer than
either peas or red clover. I appreciate red
clever very highly, but have abandoned it
entirely since 1 found the advantages Meli
lotus had over it, both as a fertilizer and
hay crop. I had a out of poor land whioh
would not produce more than ten bushels of
corn per acre. 1 sowed it down in Melilotus.
I than put corn back In it after running it
in Melilotus two years, and gathered
tweny-eight bushels per acres. Cotton land
wbion made GOO pounds cotton to the acre,
makes now 1,100 pounds after two years in
MelUotua. I find It stands the drought and
cold better than any other olover. It Is adapt
ed to our black and wornout white lands. I
don’t think it will prove a success on our red
post oalt land, although 1 have not given it
a fair trial. Any information I can give you
about this grand plant write me and I will
cheerfully respond. E. E. Dantzler.”
We shall have more to Bay concerning
this valuable soil improver and forage pro
ducer, and in February will make a free
distribution of a small quantity of seed to
those who desire to make an experiment
with it.
It is certainly worthy of a trial.
Side Crops.
To a certain extent the southern farmer
may just now be represented by an interro
gation point' (f), which stands for the ques
tion: What shall ldo to better my condi
tion? What policy shall I inaugurate that
will tend to mitigate if not undo the evil
consequents that have attended my attempt
to be a "planter” wnen I should have been a
farmer —of tryine to provide my family
with every needed tblug by simply growing
cotton ar.d corn. A farmer remarked to us
a few days ago: “I havo followed this plan
year after year, aud for some time after be
ing convinood that it was wrong, and it
proved to me tbe sowing of the wind the
harvest is a whirlwind of disappointment
and regret.”
There are, doubtless, thousands of Georgia
farmers who are actually burdened with
the consciousness of golden opportunities
slighted—slighted oftentimes, too, without
sufficient cause.
Ten years ago experience had accumulated
all sufficient evidence that progress and
prosperity was not the probable soqueuce to
•‘cotton and corn” growing—that is these
two crops half and half, and to the exclu
sion of everything else.
Intelligent farmers in every section of the
south had boeu able to determine quite ac
curately the cost ot producing both corn
and cotton, and it was shown that, taking
the years as they come, the selling price of
either is rarely much above the cost of pro
duction —at any rate, not enough so to maku
it constitute prosperous farming.
Most of them, however, weot on keeping
their eggs in the one basket—relying on
oitton and corn instead of promptly
entering upon that diversified system that
was plainly indicated as imperative if they
would place their farmiug upon a safer
basis.
There were various side crops that could
have been resorted to that would in a few
years have proved an additional Bource of
income when over production of cotton had
beeu reached, as it seemed Inevita lea few
years ago that it would. This has come to
pass and, unfortunately, the majority of
farmers still have no money-yielding
tneudows or pastures or orchards of fruit or
vineyards or nut-bearing plantations; no
stock of any kind to sell—no hing, in fact,
but Botne oottoa and a little corn peruaps—
not much of the latter if they would do
jUstive to their own stock.
I'he southern farmer has reached a crisis
in his affairs that will surely bring him to
the consciousness that farming does not,
i cannot, consist io growing only corn and
! cotton. Now or never he will be led into
seeing there are other things he must grow
beside- ootton and corn if he is to get any
satisfaction out of bis fa tning.
Even admitting that the foundation of
southern farming will continue many
years to be for the mass of the people what
it has been for a century or more—viz.:
ootton and corn, the "superstructure” can
be made to show a very great diversity of
pro lucte in the way of * ‘side crops,” a score
or more of which may be named as follows;
Oats, rye, wheat, barley, sugar cane, to
bacoo, imt trees, sweet potatoes, water
melons, ground peas, poultry, eggs, grapes,
strawberries,peaches,apples, pears, milk and
butter, beef, hogs, hay, field peas, onions,
Irish potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, honey
and, finally, good pastures—of course,
without which stock raising need not be at
tempted. Without diversified farming
there can be no hope of a prosperouscoudi
tioa for the rns-i of southern farmers—the
majority of whom are either one or two
horse farmers that must either “live at
home” or have a very poor living, and a
very uncertain one at that.
The small farmer that risks his all on
simply ootton and corn is not likely to im
prove his condition very much from year to
year.
The Question Bex.
CABBAGE GROWING.
“R. M. C.: I have had only a limited ex
perience in raising cabbages. Will you
please state the chief essentials In securing a
good crop of heads. A large proportion of
plants set out do not make heads.”
Granting that your soil is adapted to the
successful growth of cabbage—either from
beiDg naturally rich or from a proper appli
cation of suitable manures, tho chief
requisite is to use seeds that have been saved
from perfect beads of a variety suited to the
climate. Well-bred seeds are essential to
best results, and one had better pay flO a
pound for such seeds than to use
seeds of doubtful character at $1 a
pound. Much of the seeds sold at retail in
local stores are worthless. There are reputa
ble growers of cabbege seeds who use great
care in saving seeds from perfect beads that
have been carefully selected for y-ars, and
from these you should procure your seeds.
One variety would suit your soil and cli
mate where another would not.
We have never found a cabbage that
gave better satisfaction than the short
stemmed Brunswick. The Surelead and the
Florida Header are too good kin :s. The
Winningstart and the Flat Dutch when well
bred nearly always give satisfaction to
southern growers, but tor a medium early
there are none superior to the Brunswick.
(Robert Buist, Jr.. Philadelphia, Pa., sell
choice seeds of these varieties, a description
of which you can get from his catalogue)
The soil being suited, a proper variety
used, the next essential is good cultivation
—frequent harrowiugs or sweepings given
while the dew is on the plants if practica
ble. Examine every plant when you come
to transplant, and throw aside all that
have imperfect “buds.” At least 80 per
cent., if not more, of the plants set out
should make heads, and this will be the case
if a good strain of seeds is used. It is a
very profitable crop when properly grown,
as it is so easily harvested.
Salt as a Fertilizer.
The value of salt as a fertilizer for cer
tain crops must be limited by the nature of
the soil, and lack of attention to this fact
has been the means of bringing considera
ble discredit upon the mineral as a fertili
zer. A liberal supply of salt will kill any
vegetation, but, like mauy otber destruct
ive minerals a small quantity, rightly ap
plied, stimulates and improves vegetable
growth. On soils tt.at are lacking in salt
300 pounds to the acre is a most liberal sup
ply, and 450 pounds to the acre has proved
quite destructive to ail plant growth. Some
soils naturally contain more or less of salt,
and 300 pounds to the acre of such soil
might be the means of oausiug untold in
jury to the plants.
Salt baa not yet taken any permanent
place among inanurial agents, for its appli
cation on some soils produces great results,
while on others it seems to have no good ac
tion at all. The true value of salt must be
understood before It can be intelligently
used. Salt does not enter Into the plunt life
or growth, and plants may bo grown suc
cessfully on soils where this mineral Is en
tirely absent. But the true benefit of
the salt comes from the fact that
it acts directly upon the vegetable matter in
the soil, aud makes it uvaiiable for the
growing plants to absorb. Many soils can
thus be greatly benefited by salt applica
tions, especially where heavy barn yard
manure has been applied annually, or thick
quantities of vegetation plowed under for
fertilizers. On tuch soils continual appli
cations of manure, superphosphate and ni
trate of soda stimulate the plants, but they
do not prepare tho plant food iu the soii for
ready use. The ssit, however, acts in a dif
ferent way, and. on soils of this nature its
results have been so marked that it has been
unhesitatingly praised as the best fertilizer
that could be used. The mistake was not
realized until successive uses of the salt de
veloped all the plant food iu the soil, and
its effects was steadily decreased.
The application of the salt may be made
in the winter or spring, but if made in the
spring it is probably more beneficial. When
spread over the land in winter the plant
food may lie made available before needed
by the crops, and winter rains would wash
it away. When applied eariy in the spring
the seeds take advantage of the chemical
change, and thrive rapidly.
Cayuga Ducks.
The Cayuga is a noted breed of ducks,
says an exchange, yet it has failed to re
ceive the recognition its qualities deserve.
When it comes to a question of merit it is
indeed equal to any other variety, aud when
in full plumage it is very handsome. It is
iu nearly every respect the same as the
small variety of Black Last Indian, the ex
ception being in point of size, for whereas
the East Jndian is a very small duck the
Cayuga is layge, ranging from seven to ten
pounds iu weight, according to the sex and
the manner of feeding. They are very
bard prolific layers, good feeders, aud have
the very obvious recommendation of being
“stay at-home” b;rds,|not having the predi
lection for waudsriug away, which charac
terizes some of the other varieties. The
plumage is a brilliant black throughout,
and iu carriage, sbapa and general appear
anoe they aro regarded as oue of the hand
somest races of the duck tribe. The
Cayuga duok is a good setter, but a some
what careless mother, and therefore it is re
garded as the better plan to use hens for
hatching their eggs.
We can recommend this breed to all lovers
of ducks, boiug a good fowl aud worthy ot
more attention than has beeu accorded to
them.
Protecting Melons from Cut Worms.
On some land cut worms aro very de
structive to melons, cucumbers and other
small vegetables. The cut worm comes up
to the surface usually in the night or about
sunrise, and eats tbe plant off at the sur
face of the grouud. These pests are very
fond of fine middlings, and taking advant
age of this weakness, some gardeners mix
Paris green with the middlings, which the
worms devouring are poisoned. The meal
is spread in a ring around the young
plants. If any plants are eaten down it
Bhows that the worm has come up inside the
ring, when be may be trae ed down his
hole and killed. But a great many dead
worms will be found on the surface of the
ground if the plat is infested with them.
Hunting legging, riding leggins and driv
ing gloves at LaFar’s— Ad.
FUk, Clark & Flagg’s fine gloves, white,
pearl aud assorted browns, at LaFar’s.—Ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES.
Rose Culture.
Tender roses, and all such as are pot
grown, should he planted in the spring or
summer in tnis or similar climate; the
hardy sorts, if dormant, can be planted
both in the fall and the spring. Ellwagner
& Barry say, "If the situation be not too
much exposed where the rose* are to be set
out, we prefer fall planting for all hardy
kinds.” Dormant plants set out in the
spring should be planted early, for no plant
suffers more from being set out late than
does tho toscl The tea-scented, and others
that are pot-grown, should not be planted
until all danger of spring frosts are past .
There need be no hurry for these, smoe rises
that have been grown in pots are sent out
with the balls of earth, and the roots not be
ing disturbed, or onlv to a slight extent the
plants go right on growing. The plants
should be put in friable, rich soil, and firmly
pressed In with the foot, or—if pot-grown
plants—with the hands, taking care not to
bruise the roots.
Clover for Pigs.
The phrase “pigs In clover” has long stood
as representing the highest point of animal
contentment. When pigs have plenty of
other food they will still oat sufficient clover
to beep their digestion good, and thus thrive
better than under any other conditions. But
it is the other food mainly that makes the
increase. Pigs need concentrated food for a
considerable part of tl-eir diet. Good as
clover hay is for cows and horses, it is not
readily eaten by pigs unless starved to it.
These facte, which fully correspond with the
experience of farmers, are made more plain
by recent experiments at the New York
state experimental station at Geneva.
Where pigs were forced to eat a considera
ble portion of clover they gained very little,
and might have starved had not a small
amount of corn meal been added to their
ration. The conclusion was that clover tor
pigs wns worth no more than its value as
manure, and this it expressing Us feeding
value for pigs at even less than we had sup
posed.
Eroom Corn.
To grow broom corn requires rich and
clean land. The plants grow so slowly
while small that if the soil is full of we*d
seeds it is a great labor to care for the crop.
The stalk of brown corn is of little value as
feed, and the price of its hurl or brush
varies greatly with seasons and demand.
Where help can be obtained oheaply in
winter to make up the crop into brooms, a
good profit can he ge (-rally obtained for it.
The crop is one of the few in which the
grower can also combine the profits of the
manufacturer. .
Distemper in Dogs.
Give a tablespoonful of spirits of
turpeutiue to each dog, as soon as you are
sure of distemper, says a writer ia an ex
change. If the one dose does not cure, give
the second dose in two or three days, aud I
don’t tnink you will lose auv more dogs with
distemper. Give small and ses to young dogs,
according to age. To give the dose, hold the
dog’s head up and pull his mouth open until
you k; ow i .’a gone down. The dose is pretty
severe but it will not hurt him. I speak
from experience, from boyhood up. and I’ve
never lost a dog with distemper.
Tfie Common Housefly.
Prof. Bickmore has a good word for the
common housefly, which, although a nuis
ance when it has become old enough to go
about and alight on human flesh, does val
uable service to humanity as a scavenger.
There are, he said, in North America alone
over 10,000 different varieties of flies. The
young ones iu their larval state consume
large quantities of decaying vegetable aud
animal matter, and it has been computed
that were it not for this work foul odors
and poisonous particles would so predom
innate in the air as to breed disease of a
typhod or malarial nature. The service
thus done to mankind by the larvte of the
flies could not well be calculated.
Manure In Heapa.
Occasionally even yet we find manure
drawn on fields, and left in heaps
during the winter. It is probably from a
notion that this is tho best way to prevent
waste. It really prevents the land from re
ceiving the benefit from the manure it
should. Spread on the surface this manure
would be dissolved by rains and snows, and
mixed with the soil. In that way its benefit
will be increased a hundredfold. Left in
heaps until plowed in spring it will do little
good ex cept where it lies through the wiu
ter.
Unnecessary Fences.
There was a time when ths making even
of needless fenoes cost only a little labor,
and so important was it deemed to have the
the farm well fenced that even when the
fence was not needed it added materially to
the money value of a farm. Now a used
less fence L regarded as an incumbrance.
What cost money when the /farm w:,s
bought now costs money to get rid of. This
is especially true of stone fences. In rare
instances they are salable for building ma
terial. But unless the farm having such
fences is near a city or village they are apt
to be regarded as they are, as Only incum
brances, to be got rid of tn any way possi
ble at least expense.
Getting Out of Ruts.
The farmers who are following in the old
ruts do not generally want to get out. It
inv-lves effort to which are not ac
customed. In the rut they are not required
to think, and thinking is what they least
like. It usually requires more capital, and
this, also, is beyond their reach. The lack
of ready money is indeed the chief cause of
poor farming everywhere. Wo never sa-.v
a poor, shiftless farmer who did not know
better than he did. If he had more money
to do with ho could mak6 more money than
is now possible. But the old rut is followed
because it is easiest, anil there is no change
until death removes those who havo bean
obstacles to an improved system of farm
ing. '
Farm Work for Winter.
It was one advantage of tbe old-time sys
tem of farm work that it made plenty for
the farmer to do in winter. If nothing else
there was at least always the clearing of the
forest and its preparation for cultivation to
be done. It did not pay- much, but it in
creased the value of tho farm, and so Indi
rectly gave better wages than one farmer
in ten can now make. It is tho do-nothing
policy in winter that is ruining thousands of
farmers. They simply consume all that
they produce iu summer. To got ahead un
der such a plan of operations is simply im
possible. Every farmer should by feeding
stock or in some other way calculate to
earn somethiug in the winter. It more
furmers did this, farming would be more
profitable tbau it is.
Roup la Fowls.
Roup, says a writer in an exchange, Is un
doubtedly caused by damp houses and ruus,
and then oommunicated from one to tbe
otber by tho fowls drinking of tho same
vessel. This discharge from the nostrils of
the sick bird contaminates tbe water as it
drinks, aud the disease thus becomes con
tagious. Fowls that are suffering from
roup should thus be isolatod from the oth
ers at once, and warm, dry lodgings, with
stimulating foods.be given to them. The
discharge from the nostrils aud eyes should
not be allowed to cake upon the beads, but
should be frequently washed away with
warm water. Thero are many medicines, to
be administered internally and externally,
which aro effective in their results. But If
they cannot be isolated from tbe other
fowls of tho yard while being treated, they
should be killed at once to prevent conta
gion.
Mon’s tline Derby Hats
At $3, best in the city, at LaFar’s.—Ad.
HOLIDAY FASHIONS.
HOUSE DRES-E3 P3E TTY FOB FIRE
SIDE WEAR.
The Possibilities of the Sash—lnterest
ing Fans and How to Obtain Them.
Comfortable Cloaks and Wraps.
New Stylee in Jackets—Fur Cloaks
Very Expensive.
iOopyrloM.)
New York, Dec. 19.—1f you have old
dresses—and of cornu you have ever so
many of them—you are glad to know of
some way of fixing up the old garments so
that they look as good as new—and per
haps a little better.
There are wonderful things that may be
done with fichus and girdles and passemen
terie and trimming! and the like, but there
is still another possibility, of which you
may not have beard, and that is the sash.
This is a season, you know, when women
dress the back quite as much, if not more,
than the front. The front of the gown or
the front of the jacket may be ever so
plain, hut the bars musk be fanciful. It
must bs i eautifully trimmed and it must
be deoorated with bows and decked out with
all the finery which in past seasons has been
put upon the front. - •
The latest and the best thing for deaerat
ing the back of the dress is the large sash,
and by its aid an old gowa. may be trans
formed more than one would suppose possi
ble at first glance. ;
The sash may be of any oolor. But the
material should he silk ribbon about five
inches wide, or pennies even wider if the
hight of the wearer will permit, and it
must be long enough to falfill all the re
quirements. sit
lieoorate the ends of the ribbon with
braiding or with flowers or feathers, in fact
with anything thut might suit your fancy.
Take the ribbon and carry it once arouud
the waist, beginning at the back and cross
ing it at the front, carry it again around the
back over the bust, and up under the arms
to a spot which is just between the should
ers, and there tie a big bow.
Let someone then who Is acting as lady’s
maid fasten the Low in place between the
shoulders, and then lot the ends hang
down in very long dreamers to the bottom
of the dress. If the dress be a trained one
sn qiucU the better, but the ends of the
sash should come completely to the bottom
of the train. If tho ribbon is very heavy it
will geuerallv ha g ia place, but there is
just a possibility ih.it it may fall out of its
proper folds and hang down at the sides in
an awkward way.
In case this occurs one or two hooks and
eyes at various points in its length will
remedy the trouble, allowing the hooks and
eyes to be fastened in suoh a way as to hold
the ribbons in place. The hooks must be of
the kind known as "safeties,” which cannot
be unclasped of their own accord, but the
eyes must be as small as can be found.
When the sash is thus put on it does not
have a stiff appearance as one might sup
pose; on the oontrary it looks most artless
and beautiful and decorates the dress most
handsomely.
An old lace dress, one which has done
duty for several seasons In the street, and
which is now too dilapidated for a dinner
gown or even for nice housewear, may be
treated to a sash of this description, and it
will then beo ime a very acceptable second
best house gown.
Have you ever tried a combination of red
and black? They are “devil’s colors,” to
be sure, but vastly becoming aud striking
for all that. If you have never tried them,
experiment a little with your old lace gown
aud see what can bi done. Make a plain
lining for it of bright red satin or red silk,
if you have any one on baud which will
answer the purpose. Let the waist be
tight-fitting and make the sleeves and
the skirt as plain us you please. Let the
black lace waist fit loosely over the founda
tion.
Whou the lacc skirt is draped with the red
Using it must bang in long straight folds
and be tacked at intervals of four or five
inches to make a general evenness of ap
pearance.
Now procure a quantity of red ribbon to
match the foundation and decorate the ends
of it with black, preferably dull black, be
cause a brilliant black does not always go
well with a bright red. Tie the sash on in
the manner described, and when you have
done all this look at vourseif and see it you
have not accomplished great results.
The feather fan or the fancy fan is now a
necessary port of a woman’s drees. The
fancy for old fans with lands apes painted
upon them, or country scenes, or scenes
which one his visited during the post year,
is prevalent among women who can afford
to indulge in such extravagant trifles, but
in of these elegant things may be'men
tioned the fans that are made at home upon
a gauze foundation, and which very nicely
answer the purpose of the more elaborate
ones.
After all the dress fan is a fan for show
and not for use, aud it is a fan which is car
ried for the purpose of promoting oonversa
tion; the fan flirtations, the fan talks, the
fau conversations, are recognized as being a
part of the capital stock of every woman
who aims to make herself popular in so
ciety. To have a fan which is in itself in
teresting forms a topic for small talk which
might otherwise ho lacking. With a pretty
house dress there should go a pytty fan. It
may be a painted one or it may bo one con
trived from monograms or any Ollier de
vices whioh womeu love to gather, but it
should at all events be an interesting one,
and should hkowiso matoh tho dross with
which it is carried.
After tho custom just hinted at a dear
little woman of talent, who has more friends
and more ingenuity than money, took a
very ordinary gauze fan and pasted upon it,
in o way t-at did not at all savor of scrap
book work, a scries of monograms which
she had long been collecting from the note
paper of her correspordents. Many of the
monograms were of gold, and a few of
them were bronze and silver. The combina
tion made a very pretty oue, and with her
dainty house dresses attracted attention
and won tho admiration of those who saw i\
However fond a woman may be of mak
ing a good appearance in tho street, she is
still more fond of being comfortable.
The day of the miuoii.g step, the tightly
corseted figure and the wan vDage has gone
by. A woman is bound to be comfortable
nowadays, if she has to wear Jenuess-Millers
and take off her corsets to accomplish the
result.
But it Is not neccessary to go to these ex
tremes. Very pretty and comfortable gar
ments are made which answer all the re
quirements of a figure whioh is not small
waisted, aud these garments at the same
time look very pretty. A joosy cloak for
winter which permits the wearor to keep on
a house dress iu the street, or at least to put
on the cloak over a somewhat lo so gown is
one mads of regular blanket material. The
blanket is in stripes of navy blue upon a
gray background, which when worn gives
an almost diagonal appearance to tho pat
tern, and is extremely pretty nevertheless.
Broad bands of sable, and a very deep
sable collar with sable trimming down the
front, add to the charming effect of this
cosy winter gown. Collate are worn lower
than thoy were last winter, greatly to the
grief of women who indulged iu very ex
pansive cloaks, and who are now obliged to
get them made over.
Last winter fur coats had tall collars, so
tall that they reached almost to the back of
the wearer’s head, and tho puffs upon the
sleeves were very high and very dainty.
Thiß winter the collar is much lower and
the sloevo puffs aro greatly abbreviated, iu
fuot there is only a slight puffing upon the
sleeves and the collars are so made that thev
can turn over until they are made tho bight
Of an ordinary collar.
If you are the owner of a fur coat—a seal
skin Tor example—and have triad to get it
made over you know that the figure men
tioned is startlingly liku the oue first paid.
Avery moderate sized seal skin jacket
costs $150; every year it will cost you SSO to
get it made over, so you see that the invest
ment, while it is a becoming one, is a con
stant source of expanse bo you season after
season.
A certain cloak-like doth wrap which ia
extremely {comfortable and loon stylish,
ha- a collar very much like thoee which
were worn last year. Indeed the collars
that are worn upon wraps and capes are
quite as high as they ever were. It is only
upon coats aud jackets they are abbreviated.
The cape in question Das a very high collar
lined with astrakau; the astrakan is of a
flue quality so that the eollar doe* not pro
duces wild appearatioe around the face of
the wearer.
The yoke is plentifully braided and
arouud the edge of it there is a very deep
band of the astrakhan. Gathered In at the
back are several folds of cloth, and the
front is also fastened rather closely to the
figure. The sides are long and loose flow
ing. The entire garment is an extremely
pretty one, and is one of those useful things
which may be worn in either rain or ehlne.
Christmas Day.
UNCLE SETH LOQUITUR.
From the Christmas Century.
A good, old-fashioned Chris'mas, with the logs
upon the hearth.
The table filled with feasters, an’ the room
a roar with mirth,
With the s took ins crammed to bustin', an’ the
raedders piled 'ith snow,
A good old-fashioned Coru'mas like we had so
long ago!
Now that's the thing I’d like to see ag’n afore I
die.
But Cbris’mas In the city here—it’s different,
O. my!
With the crowded hustle-bustle of the slushy,
noisy street!
An’ the scowl upon the faces of the strangers
that you meet.
O, there’s buyin’, plenty of It, of a lot o’ gor
geous toys;
An' it takes a mint o’ money to please modern
girls an' boys.
Why, 1 mind the time a jack knife an' a toffy
lump for me
Made my little heart an’ stockin' jus' chockful
of Chris-mas glee.
An’ there's feastln. Thinkin' o’ feodln’ with
these stuck up oity folk!
Why, ye have to sneak in whispors, an’ ye dar’s
n’t crack a joke.
Then remember how the tables looked all
crowdel with your kin.
When you couldn't hear a whistle blow across
the merry din I
You see I’m so old-fashioned like I don't care
much for style,
An’ to eat your Chrls’mas banquets here I
woul in’t go a mile;
I'd rather have, like Solomon, a good yarb-din
ner set
With real old friends than turkle soup with all
the nobs you’d get.
There’s my next-door neighbor Gurley—fancy
bow his brows ’u’d lift
If I’d holler “Merry Chris'mas! Caught, old fel
low, Chris’mas gift!”
Lordy-Lord, I'd like to try it: Guess he’d nearly
have a fit.
Hang this city stiffness, anyways, I can’t get
used to it.
Then your heart it kept o-swellin' till it nearly
bu’st your side.
An’ by night your jaws were achin’ with your
. smile four inches wide.
An’ your enemy, the wo’st one, you’d just grab
his hand an’ say:
"Mebbe both of us was wrong, John. Come,
let's shake. It's Chris'inas day!”
Mighty little Chris’inas spirit seams to dwell
’tween city .walls.
Where each snowflake brings a soot-flake for a
brother as it falls;
Mighty little Chris'inas spirit! An’l’m pinin’,
don’t you know.
For a good old-fashioned Chris’mas like we had
so long ago.
Now Is the Time
To buy you an encyclopoedia. Get the
"Americanized Encyclopoedia Britannica”
the latest and best encyclopaedia to-day in
the American market. Buy no other. The
Morning News is giving a year’s subscrip
tion of the daily issue, Sunday included, to
all who take a set of this most valuable
work.— Ad.
confection eby.
EXPLANATORY!
AT to make a dollar
nu VV go a long way.
That is the question.
EVERYBODY is therefore
interested in
any method which promises
this result.
METHODS^!
mon as dirt; but which are
worth trying?
t^lo k est methods
IN XL is to buy your
goods at “First Hands.”
“First Hands” for
1 iIH CONFECTION
ERY of every description is
at the Savannah Steam Bak
ery Company’s.
WTTVO Because we
V V fl I ( are MANU
FACTURERS and save yon
one profit thereby.
ATTT3 prices speak for
UU lY themselves, and
the problem is solved.
YA7I7 * iave ex P r essly for
VV Hi family use our
strictly pure “Virgin” Candy
in 5 pound boxes at Gso a
box. Also 5-pound boxes
fine Bonbons and Choco
lates at $1 per box. Crystal
lized Fruits, Marshmallow
Drops and other goods too
numerous to mention, and at
prices which will surprise
you.
T A F\TX7C receive po-
JLriUUuO Bte atten
tion at our sample room, on
the corner of
Bay and Barnard Stab.
Goods delivered free of
charge to any part
of the City.
TIEEE
SAVANNAH STEAM BAKERY
COMPANY.
OLD NEWSPAPERS—*)!) for is cents—at
Busmens Office Morning Non.
CLOTH ING,
HOLIDAY JARBAIIS
Suits; Overcoats aud Trousers, Nobby Hats
CHRISTMAS FURNISHINGS, ’
Big; Reductions in Underwear.
-A.ll Styles* Any Last.
E-very Sixoe Guaranteed.
Our Ladies’ $1 50, $2 00, $2 50, $3 oo ; $3 5o and*s4 oo Button Shoes
defy Competition. $7 oo will buy our Guaranteed Waterproof Hunting
Boot, adjustable instep and leg.
DBYFUB BEOS., jihl^l^HN4SO^r a st3. a
FURNITURE. ETC.
GO AFTER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS:
rGo after them as this boy is doing the
morning after Christmas, with your whole soul,
and with enthusiasm, and do what he isn’t
doing, use good judgment. He may get
stuck and wish he hadn't begun. We are able
to offer some suggestions for Christmas buy.
ers, the acceptance of which will bring con.
tinued satisfaction every time. To begin with
Wood and Iron Axle Wagons, Rattan and
Plush Rockers, Fancy Tables, Fancy
Chairs, Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
AND EVERYTHING IN THE FURNITURE LINE;
M.BOLEY&SON
186, 188, 190 BROUGHTON STREET.
DRY GOODS.
USEFUL GOODS
FOR
HOLIDAYPRESENTS
Ladies, Gents and Children’s Kid Gloves. Heal Lace, Silk, Chiffon, Initial and Linen
Handkerchiefs, Fans, Pocketbooks, Card Cases and Jewelry, Lace Scarfs, Silk Shawls
and Black Dress Silks, Infant's Silk, Plush and Cashmere Caps and Iland-etnbroidered
Sacques.
BXUB.
GLOBE BREWERY:
“GOLDBRAU.”
■
The Ingredients used in the brewing of this
famous Lager Beer consist of the best grade
Canada Malt and Bohemian Plops, brewed by
the most approved scientific methods and puri
fied by a slow and low process of fermentation,
while long storage renders the same mellow,
fins flavored and thoroughly wholesome. Asa
refreshing, strength giving beverage the Globe
Brewing Company’s GOLDBRAU is unsur
passed. Served in barrels and bottles. Orders
addressed to
Globe Brewing Agency,
SAVANNAH, G-A.,
Will receive prompt and careful attention.
Savannah Depot, 63 River street.
HARD A ARIt.
HARDWARE,
Bar, Band ana Hoop Iron.
WAGON MATERIAL.
Naval Stores Supplies.
FOR SALE BY
Edward Lovell’s Sons,
155 BROUGHTON AND 138-140
STATE STREETS.
UEAD tbe Sunday Morning Hews. For saw
at KIEFFER‘B DRUG STORE, West
Broad and Stewart streets.
JEWEL.B*.
HOLIDAY GOODS
BESIDES my fine stock of GOLD WATCHES.
DIAMONDS, CLOCKS and JEWELRY, I
have received
Numerous Silver Novelties
Of the latest designs and a large stock of fins
GOLDHEADEI) CANES and UMBRELLAS
of tdo best quality, appropriate for CHRIS l • VIA3
PRESENTS. Also,
STERLING SILVERWARE,
In elegant cases. Everything warranted at
1 L. DESBOUILLOSS.
21 Bull Street.
SHOES.
©•2 50 now ©3 35
TO THE LADIES.
We find ourselves a little overstoclied 0 "
Ladies' S2 60 Button Boots, and wil , thereto
for a short while, sell them at J 5. LO
secure a pair of these excellent Shoes,
GEIL & QUINT,
21 BARNARD STREET- _
CHARLES F. PRENDERGAST
to R. H. Foontas WJ
HRE> MARINE AND STORM INSURANT
100 BAY STREET.
[Next West of the Cotton Exchanged
Telephone CoU N0.34. SernnaA <*•
Greatest Slioe on ZECairr-tlbL-
